 Having wanted since college to put a melody to rap group [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]]'s 1990 song "[[Fear of a Black Planet|Can't Do Nuttin' for Ya, Man]]," he at last began work on it.But soon, he "found it too symmetrical for a good melody," effecting "too much of a "[[Cat in the Hat]]" vibe to sound serious with sad [[Chord (music)|chord]]s." Finding in his collection of classic rap, then, a song more divergent from English poetry's classic [[Metre (poetry)|metre]], [[iambic pentameter]], he took only [[Dr. Dre]]'s and [[Snoop Dogg]]'s lyrics, including the hook, and, he says, "just added pretty chords and one of my best melodies.